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@TomDreisbach
Jun 1, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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Newly released trial exhibits suggest convicted Capitol rioter and alleged white supremacist Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was also a follower of far-right extremist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.

Fuentes is currently under scrutiny from the Jan 6 committee in congress.
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Fuentes led "Stop The Steal" rallies after the 2020 election, and was in DC on Jan. 6, 2021. He did not breach the Capitol.

But least one of Fuentes' followers, Christian Secor, made it to the Senate floor on 1/6 - he has pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding.
At Timothy Hale-Cusanelli's trial, prosecutors introduced a video of Hale-Cusanelli recorded when he attended second "Million MAGA March" in DC in December 2020.

In the courtroom, we heard Hale-Cusanelli use Fuentes' slogan: "America First is inevitable."
The video went by so quickly in court, it was easy to miss that Hale-Cusanelli had actually recorded Fuentes himself.

Here's a still from Hale-Cusanelli's video, and another angle on Fuentes that day from another attendee.
In a video prosecutors presented from Jan. 6, 2021, Hale-Cusanelli again uses Fuentes' slogan as he walked toward the U.S. Capitol: "America First is inevitable."
Not long after that, Hale-Cusanelli was with one of the first groups of rioters to breach the Capitol building. He did not commit property damage or assault police.

Last week, he was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding - a felony - and four misdemeanors.
It's not surprising that Hale-Cusanelli might also be a Fuentes fan. Like Fuentes, he has a history of using racist, antisemitic, and anti-gay slurs, and prosecutors presented evidence that he is a Holocaust denier.

Hale-Cusanelli also had a YouTube show for his commentary.
Still, this new evidence suggests additional possible links between Fuentes and the riot.

See previously:

npr.org/2021/03/15/971…
Meanwhile, in the time since the Jan. 6 riot, Fuentes has gotten support from Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also attended one of Fuentes' political conferences.

thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylo…

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Tom Dreisbach Profile picture
Feb 11
JUST IN:

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted by a Florida jury of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old.

Per police, Andrew Paul Johnson tried to bribe one of his victims by promising to share expected Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump admin. Image
Johnson was found GUILTY of five of the six charges he faced.

The State's Attorney's Office told me that Johnson now faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced in March.
The charges:
documentcloud.org/documents/2695…
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Tom Dreisbach Profile picture
Jan 6
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.

Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.

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As rioters violently overwhelmed the west front of the U.S. Capitol, one recorded himself yelling, "you better run cops!"
There's a persistent myth that the cops "let people in."

In fact, there's extensive evidence that rioters knew they were breaking the law.

Here's one of the rioters making a call, thinking that she might need to be bailed out of jail.
Read 7 tweets
Tom Dreisbach Profile picture
Jan 30, 2025
NEW:

We identified dozens of Jan. 6 rioters who had serious criminal records and received clemency from Trump.

Rape, manslaughter, sexual abuse of children, domestic violence and drug trafficking are among the crimes they were convicted of or charged with.

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Rioter Matthew Huttle “spanked his 3-year-old son so hard that he left bruises all over the child's backside and the child's neck, and the child had such extreme pain on his backside that he could not sit properly for a week," prosecutors said.

documentcloud.org/documents/2550…Image
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Just days after he received a pardon from Trump for his actions on Jan. 6, Huttle was shot and killed by law enforcement in Indiana during a traffic stop.

indystar.com/story/news/cri…
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Jan 21, 2025
Here are some of the Jan. 6 defendants who received a full and unconditional pardon from Trump tonight:
David Dempsey was convicted of repeatedly assaulting police officers with pepper spray, a metal crutch and wooden and metal poles and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/cal…Image
Daniel Rodriguez was convicted of using a stun gun and “plunging it” multiple times into police officer Michael Fanone's neck, in the words of prosecutors. Rodriguez was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/cal…Image
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Jan 6, 2025
As Donald Trump prepares to pardon people convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, it's worth looking at what leading Republicans said in the immediate aftermath of that day's violence.

A thread:
“A shrine to democracy for our country, and the world, was overrun by violent extremists seeking to overturn an election," said @SenJohnThune in Jan. 2021. "We must hold those responsible to account."

Thune is now Senate Majority leader.

argusleader.com/story/news/202…
@SenJohnThune Here's what @SenJohnBarrasso - another Senate Republican leader - said on Jan. 6

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Dec 2, 2024
NEW:

@DineshDSouza has issued an apology over his election conspiracy film “2,000 Mules” on his website.

D’Souza admits that the heart of the film - surveillance footage of vote drop boxes supposedly showing illegal “ballot trafficking” - is false and misleading. Image
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D’Souza’s apology is directed at a Georgia voter named Mark Andrews, who was depicted in the film as a ballot “mule,” when he was legally dropping off ballots for his family members.

Andrews has sued D’Souza and True the Vote over his appearance in the film, book and promos.
Earlier, the film’s distributor Salem Media apologized to Andrews and said it would halt distribution of “2,000 Mules.”

Salem’s apology was connected to a settlement, but D’Souza says his apology is *not* part of any legal settlement, but “because it is the right thing to do”.
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